Networking call with SMD what did I do wrong
Hello - I recently had a networking call with an alumni from a MBA program I am looking at. I cold emailed him and he is a SMD at a MF developer. I think the call was going fine and we kept talking for 40 mins ish, he was talking 90% of the time and I didn’t want to cut him off as he was encouraging me to ask questions.
At the end of the call as I was thanking him and asking if we could stay in touch he switched the topic to asking me which program I was leaning towards. I told him my options and my reasons but left it as I am still undecided. We chatted for a few minutes and he had to get to something so we concluded the call. I never really got an answer from him If we could stay in touch.
Do u think I have burnt this connection? I was going to send a follow up thank you note and ask if we could stay in touch but now I’m not sure if it’s worth saying that. Am I overthinking here ? What should my next steps be ?
Dude are you for real? You’re fine lol.
Lol. You are totally overthinking this. He wouldn’t have spent 40 min talking to you if he didn’t like you.
I’d take that question out of your networking vocabulary completely. Always assume that’s the case begin with… even if it’s not. I like to send relevant articles to people as an excuse to stay in touch.
Example:
Hey John Doe,
Congrats on your acquisition of XYZ. I really think that area and/or asset class is set for explosive growth due to XYZ. If you have a few minutes, I’d love to catch up and here your thoughts on XYZ.
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